NHL Rookie of the Year 2005-2006 season with Washington Capitals.
Drafted 1st overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals.
Has an older brother, Mikhael. Another older brother, Sergei, died in a car accident in 1996.
His father, Mikhail Ovechkin, was a professional soccer player, and his mother, Tatyana Ovechkina, won gold medals with the Soviet women's basketball team in the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.
He holds or shares 23 NHL records, including most career power play goals, and holds 16 Washington Capital records.
Signed a 13-year, $124 million dollar contract extension with the Washington Capitals in 2008, the first $100 million dollar deal in NHL history.
Maria Kirilenko calls off her wedding to Ovechkin, saying in comments distributed by the Russian Tennis Federation that there were "a lot of reasons" behind her decision. [July 21, 2014].
Wife Anastasia gave birth to their first child: Sergei Aleksandrovich Ovechkin was born on August 18, 2018 at 9:34 AM, weighing 9 lbs, 6 oz. The child is named after his father's late brother.